Bineroo 1.10: New tutorial

Published on April 5, 2023

A good onboarding is essential for a pleasant game experience, especially when there are few rules to learn. And a well crafted tutorial should help with that.

🔙 How was it working before?

In previous versions, the tutorial was a 4-step presentation. The first 3 steps explained the rules through correct and incorrect examples. And the final step was a try on a straightforward 4x4 grid.

🌅 How does it work now?

Why a change first?

I wanted to make this tutorial more interactive because I believe we learn best by trying ourselves than through given examples.

The tutorial is still a 4-step presentation but now the first 3 steps are playable. For each of the latter, the player is asked to fill in a simple grid by respecting a given rule.

⏭️ What next?

Will this new tutorial be more, less or equally effective as the previous one? Actually I have no clear idea (I've been playing this game for so long that I know the rules by heart and I don't read them anymore 😆). The best way to see how players receive this update is by collecting usage data. We'll see if players go through the tutorial process or leave before.

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As with any release, I would really appreciate some feedback. Any ideas for improvements are also very welcome. Email me at bineroo@dargil.com